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After High School: John Glassford

A middle linebacker and fullback from 1967-71, Glassford led the Lions to the old London Conference senior final in 1970 against Westminster, which the Wildcats won. Glassford then attended Laurier and played on the Golden Hawks' Yates Cup-winning team in 1973. He was named to Laurier's Golden Hawk Hall of Fame in 1991 and last spring was named to Laurier's football "team of the century" -- comprised of the school's 33 greatest football players of all time.

In 1976, Glassford was drafted by the Canadian Football League's Saskatchewan Roughriders and was later traded to the Ottawa Rough Riders, for whom he played in the 1981 Grey Cup game in Montreal and was named defensive player of the game despite Ottawa losing to Edmonton 26-23 -- the Eskimos came in as 22 1/2-point favourites based on their 14-1-1 record to Ottawa's 5-11, yet the Rough Riders led 20-1 at halftime.

After seven CFL seasons, Glassford retired in 1982 and now runs Glassford Chrysler in Ingersoll.